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Saturday, January 31, 2015

Do you have numbers that are special to you? In my life, the numbers 22 and 222 come up frequently. I grew up near Route 22, my parents lived in a home with 222 in the address, and my mom was born in 1922. My husband's dad's burial plot number is 222, and his mom was born on 2/2. (Interestingly, she died on 11/1.) It makes me wonder whether these repeating numbers happen all the time and we just notice them when something calls our attention to them -- or whether there really is something to numerology.

I'm signed up for another MOOC (massive open online
course). Usually I take classes through Coursera, but this one is at the Milwaukee Art
Museum, and it looks like it could be a fun class for anyone, anywhere to explore art
in their area. Let me know if you sign up, too.

I don't know how these two parents, with three babies less than a year apart, get themselves to the gym five times a week plus and ongoing schedule of online college classes at night, but my morning walks are looking very sluggish compared to their initiative.

A recent art journal page (theme words with friends) with the Beatles song All My Life in the background.

My favorite kind of sewing - the messy, shabby kind - recycling jeans into a doorknob hanger with a pocket inside for secrets and treats.

Friday, January 2, 2015

By now anyone who regularly reads this blogs knows that Five on
Friday is seldom five and often not on Friday. I thought of changing the name, but why change with a good thing?

And in that tradition, the following is a list of more than five words and phrases I’d like to see retired in 2015.

In no particular order.

Robust – politicians, realtors and investment people seem to
like this word.A robust market, for
example.

Transparent – often used with robust.A robust and transparent investigation

With teeth - arobust
and transparent investigation, with teeth This particular investigation is
meant to do more than just look pretty.

I can’t even… well
then, please don’t

----porn(as in food
porn.)

BAE – unless you are Pharrell, you probably shouldn’t call
your beloved this acronym for Before Anyone Else

Sorry not sorry – oh so clever. Reminds me of the
previously-retired "what part of no…"

Hashtag - it’s
#Annoying #Ridiculous and #Distracting and says more about the person using it
than they might ever imagine

Twittersphere – where is this place?

Hipster - you know, that guy who looks like he should be
featured on a Smith Brothers cough drop box

Selfie – No surprise here. We all absolutely know this word must go. The funniest selfie moments for me this year were
in Disney, seeing people standing in front of Cinderella's Castle, smiling broadly
in the “I’m having a wonderful time” position, then clicking off their phone
and immediately returning to their usual scowl.